MIMASAKA, Japan and LE CASTELLET, France – Nissan and NISMO took a initial stairs in fortifying their Super GT GT500 and GT300 category championships on home dirt in Japan with a initial pre-season exam final week.

Formerly a home of a Pacific Formula 1 Grand Prix in 1994 and 1995, a 3.703 km (2.300 mi) circuit will horde a opening turn of this year’s Super GT championship.

The two-day exam noted a central GT500 entrance for Blancpain Endurance Series champion Katsumasa Chiyo, who will group with NISMO fable Satoshi Motoyama in a No.46 S Road CRAFTSPORTS GT-R.

Former GT Academy champion Jann Mardenborough also continued his contrast module on house a No.3 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 alongside Kazuki Hoshino.

New group colors for a No.24 Forum Engineering ADVAN GT-R GT500 were also seen in movement for a initial time with Daiki Sasaki and Masataka Yanagida during a wheel.

The No.12 Calsonic IMPUL GT-R of Hironobu Yasuda / João Paulo de Oliveira was fastest for Nissan on a opening day of a test, as all 4 GT-R entries were in a tip 10 in times with a sixth, seventh, eighth and 10th fastest times.

The Japanese/Brazilian combo was also discerning on day dual in a No.12 entrance to record a third fastest time with reigning GT500 champions Tsugio Matsuda / Ronnie Quintarelli in seventh place for a second uninterrupted day.

Mardenborough and Hoshino were fifth fastest in GT300 among a 27-car margin on day one and sixth on day two.

Super GT contrast continues subsequent week during Fuji Speedway in credentials for a opening turn during Okayama on Apr 9 to 10.

Take a demeanour during what a NISMO drivers and teams do in a off-season including a latest GT Academy Europe leader Romain Sarazin.

A conspicuous 41 Nissan-powered prototypes set for FIA WEC and ELMS

Pre-season tests for both a FIA World Endurance Championship and a European Le Mans Series is being hold during Circuit Paul Ricard in France this week with a conspicuous 41 Nissan-powered prototypes on track.

Between a dual championships, a sum of 71 cars will be on lane this week with Nissan powering an implausible 57 percent of a entries.

The ELMS will control a two-day exam on Mar 22 and 23 with 10 LM P2 Nissan-powered entries among a 13 entries.

After a successful entrance final year, a LM P3 category has fast stretched for 2016 with 20 Nissan-powered entries reliable to exam this week.

The FIA World Endurance Championship Prologue will take over a Paul Ricard circuit on Mar 25/26.

After powering a past 3 FIA WEC LM P2 champions, Nissan again dominates a category again in 2016 with all 10 cars entered for this week’s voluntary powered by a Nissan VK45DE V8 engine.

Joining a Nissan family for a initial time during a exam will be U.S.-team Extreme Speed Motorsports, that switches to a NISMO-developed energy plant after winning both a Rolex 24 during Daytona and final weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring with Honda.

NISMO Calendar

March 22-23: European Le Mans Series Official Test, Circuit Paul Ricard, France